Description: This photograph shows John J. Lentz (1856-1931), founder of American Insurance Union (AIU), during the cornerstone laying of the AIU Citadel building, Columbus, Ohio, on February 23, 1926. Lentz is gesturing as he stands next to the the cornerstone, which reads: "1894 / American Insurance Union / John J. Lentz / Founder and Builder / A.I.U. Citadel / 1926". A few years after building's formal dedication in 1927, AIU was in serious financial straits. The stock market crash and cost overruns incurred during the Citadel's construction led AIU to declare bankruptcy in 1935. Businessmen Leslie LeVeque of Columbus and John Lincoln of Cleveland bought the building, which became known as the Lincoln-Leveque Tower. In 1977 its name was changed officially to the LeVeque Tower. One of the city's most famous architectural landmarks, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Lentz was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1883. That same year he was admitted to the bar in Columbus, Ohio. He founded AIU in 1894 and served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio's 12th Congressional District (1897 to 1901). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06935
Subjects: American Insurance Union Citadel; Leveque Tower (Columbus, Ohio); Construction industry; Lentz, John Jacob, 1856-1931; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Cornerstone laying; Architecture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The campus of Ursuline College in Cuyahoga County. Ursuline College was founded in 1871 as a Roman Catholic liberal arts college for women. It is in Pepper Pike, Ohio in Cuyahoga County. It is one of the oldest college for women in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07256
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; College campuses; Universities and colleges
Places: Pepper Pike (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the new B&O Bridge in Zanesville, Ohio, following the flood of 1913. In late March 1913, an unusually heavy rainstorm moved into Ohio. It rained steadily for five days and the water levels rose rapidly. By the third day of the downpour, levees were overtopped and many towns suffered disastrous flooding. When the flood waters receded, tons of mud and debris covered the streets, homes, businesses and factories of towns like Zanesville, where the Muskingum River had crested 27 feet above flood stage and water was 20 feet deep at several downtown intersections. The death toll for the disaster stood at 361, and property damages were well over $100,000,000 and 65,000 were forced to temporarily leave their homes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P28_B05_F05_2
Subjects: Climate and weather; Floods; Natural disasters; Zanesville (Ohio); Bridges; Railroads--Ohio;
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: A black-and-white 8 x 10 inch photographic print of Joanne Montgomery modeling a white dance dress designed by Columbus, Ohio, fashion designer H. Harold Curmode. The photograph was taken by Columbus Dispatch photographer Jack Hutton. Curmode was born on July 11, 1928, and moved with his family to Columbus in 1936. He served in the U.S. Army and was discharged in 1952. In 1955, Curmode married Doris Ann Vaughn and began his career as a fashion designer, establishing "The House of Harold." By 1960, he was well-established as a local designer in Columbus, and during the 1970s and early 1980s, he collaborated with several local theatre groups as a costume designer. Curmode died in 1989. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV157_B01F04_001
Subjects: Curmode, Harry Harold, 1928-1989 (Designer); Fashion designers; Clothing and dress;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: This image depicts the planting of trees by elementary students. The planting process was likely a late celebration of Arbor Day. Arbor Day is a United States holiday dedicated to the planting of trees on a national scale, education on the importance of trees, and the education on how to plant trees. The holiday is celebrated the last Friday in April in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA2002AV_B01_00010_24
Subjects: Tree planting; Arbor Day; Students--Ohio;
Places: Ohio;
 

Description: A farmer sitting on a large tractor takes a break from plowing his fields, along Route 23 south of Columbus, Ohio. The High Street Photograph Collection is comprised of over 400 photographs of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, taken in the early 1970s. These photographs were taken primarily at street level and document people and the built environment from the Pontifical College Josephinum on North High Street in Worthington through Clintonville, the University District and Short North, Downtown and South Columbus. The photographs were used in a television photo documentary that aired on WOSU called "High Street." Photographers that were involved in this project were Alfred Clarke, Carol Hibbs Kight, Darrell Muething, Clayton K. Lowe, and Julius Foris, Jr. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV254_B02F036_01
Subjects: Street photography; Farmers; Tractors; Farms; Farmers
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Mrs. Jessie Davisson of Dayton, Ohio. Davisson was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Mrs. O. F. Davisson was for eight years president of the Montgomery County Suffrage Association, a member of the board of directors of both the national Suffrage Association and the Ohio Suffrage Association. Whenever the part played by Montgomery County in the campaign for woman's suffrage is mentioned, the name of Mrs. Davisson as the leader is always to be heard. After the ratification of the suffrage amendment, Mrs. Davisson took the first steps toward the organization of the League of Women Voters in Dayton and has been a member of its Board of Directors ever since." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_Davisson
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph shows a beetle inside a cage he made. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F08_007
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Insects
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: Photograph showing water derricks in Columbus, Ohio, from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection, October 1, 1956. The downtown Columbus skyline can be seen in the distance across the Scioto River, including Columbus City Hall and the American Insurance Union Citadel (now known as the LeVeque Tower). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B17F01_14_01
Subjects: Downtowns; Automobiles
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This shows the front and side facades of the Tuscarawas County Courthouse. The structure was built from 1882 to 1884, during a time of prosperity, when many counties were constructing ambitious courthouses, competing with one another for the best building. Roman arches, square and round columns and Doric and Corinthian capitals are incorporated into this structure. Originally there was a zinc-plated statue of three women that sat on top of the building's dome, but it was replaced by a cupola with a brass eagle in 1973 after the original statue began to deteriorate. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_467
Subjects: Courthouses; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio); 101 E. High Ave.
 

Description: Lima, Ohio airport; Neil Armstrong returning to his hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio after NASA mission Gemini 8 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV_203B2F1_011
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Wapakoneta (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Zane Grey and his son Romer listening for hounds while hunting, ca. 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00493
Subjects: Authors; Popular culture